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“…we shouldn’t hesitate to look towards old media as a way to alleviate our anxieties about online communication.” Zines, a new form of communicating with the outside world and other people, has forever changed the way we look at things. It’s also now considered a loophole to those who don’t want to be held in … More Old-School Media Exists

As an AP student and the eldest of three, it’s pretty difficult to find free time to read. And not read as in “assigned” reading, but something I get to enjoy as well as on the go. “Go use your phone,” my mom would say, “And find books online.” Time has progressed so far that … More What’s That? Wattpad

“She had been innocent once, a little girl playing with feathers on the floor of a devil’s lair. She wasn’t innocent now, but she didn’t know what to do about it. This was her life: magic and shame and secrets and teeth and a deep, nagging hollow at the center of herself where something was … More Daughter of Smoke and Bone

To me, the word “essay” is the one word I’ve despised the most in the world of English and other subjects that required such a task. Every time I hear it, see it or even know that it’s part of my vocabulary, my inner soul and mind revolts it so much. I think of that structured, … More A Beautiful Mess

There’s nothing like us. There’s nothing like you and me. Together through the storm. There’s nothing like us. There’s nothing like you and me. Together. A spark of firework ignited in my heart and the world stopped its turning, leaving only him and me in the middle of a cool, winter season of December … More Nothing Like Us (short story)

Once Upon a Madness (Warning: the following content is only for mature audiences) “A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare to cut the rope and be free.”- Nikos Kazantzakis. Marie McKenzie was dead. She wanted to see what it would take to gorge out a stomach with her own kitchen knife, … More Once Upon a Madness

“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.” ― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars I wasn’t in the best of moods and I didn’t … More Keep Calm and Read